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[edit] January 6

[edit] welfare in Canada

Hi. When I graduate, I plan to move to Canada and go on welfare. Is anyone here familiar with Canadian welfare and can tell me what are the procedures and requirements for being on welfare in Canada? Thanks! --131.215.159.11 03:19, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

  • ooooh ur in for a rough ride buddy. better make plans B through Z. dont listen to the stereotypical crap from americans. if your able to work, u wont be on welfare for long. if your not able to work, you can barely, barely live off it.
  • I'm sure the Canadians will greet you with open arms, or possibly with arms drawn. StuRat 05:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • As with welfare everywhere, it's not like it used to be. You can't make a career of it. --Zeizmic 14:43, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Except in the Netherlands, apparently. One of our contributors, User:DirkvdM, has made a career out of it. StuRat 14:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, whenever he hasn't shown up for a while, I'm always afraid he's mixed his last drug cocktail... :) --Zeizmic 21:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Welfare is a provincial responsibility, so it varies across the country, and can change frequently depending on which party is in power. You should be able to find welfare regulations on provincial government websites. Most money spent on welfare goes into salaries of people whose job is to find ways to kick people off welfare, so expect to spend the equivilent hours of a full-time job fighting welfare workers, going through training programs, and the like. The money is generally terrible, usually not enough to live on, so many people wind up selling drugs or prostituting themselves to be able to afford rent and food. Hopefully you're graduating from law school. Sadly, "Soviet Canuckistan" is an outdated term. Bobanny 04:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • According to the article on chavs, it is also (barely) possible to make a career out of welfare in parts of the UK. V-Man737 04:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
What was the point of going to the effort of graduating, to then go on welfare? JackofOz 23:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Revolving Restaurant

I got information that a new building under construction in centreville VA is going to have a revolving restaurant, which is important because there is only one other revolving restaurant in VA, and its in arlington. I wanted to know if there is a company in the area that creates revolving restaurants, or the name of the restaurant.--Technofreak90 04:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The restaurant in Arlington is the Skydome Lounge (300 Army Navy Dr, Double Tree Pentagon City, Arlington, VA 22202). Unfortunately I haven't found any information about one under construction in Centreville. --Zeborah 05:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who is this painter?

Hello,

Who is the artist who depicted the image of Cupid found at this website?

http://www.narisa.com/usr/cupid/

Thanks,

Bridgette Williams Okinawa, Japan

Not sure, but I'd guess he was a Shirley Temple fan. StuRat 14:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
For all your nauseatingly cute artwork needs Bessie Pease Gutmann is your woman http://www.bessiepease.com/catalog/Ca/ meltBanana 16:49, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks meltBanana! And StuRat, I'm fairly certain this painting predates Shirley Temple's fame.

[edit] anarchy wikipedia

Isn't there an anarchy wikipedia somewhere? Where everyone has sysop powers? Where is it? Paul Silverman 12:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

It might have existed, but not for very long... See Anarchy --Zeizmic 13:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
yeah clever answer but no I remember it was around. I cannot remember what it was called. Paul Silverman 14:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
You may be thinking of the Unencyclopedia, but this is not nearly as anarchic as it looks. Zeimic is correct in saying truly anarchic wikis don't last very long; genuine users soon get fed up with all the trolls, who all end up bitching at each other.--Shantavira
No not uncyclopedia. The admins on there are even worse than the ones on here with regard to blocking you without apparent reason. That's not very anarchic, that's authoratative. Paul Silverman 15:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Agree. Failing anyone else coming up with an answer, try list of wikis or this index.--Shantavira 16:05, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I've seen a Swedish language Wiki experiment without any real administation of the input. I wasn't too impressed, though, since most of the material tended to be just a mess of pubertal bullshit... 惑乱 分からん 17:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Maybe the questioner is asking for Anarchopedia. --Taraborn 21:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PRICES IN 1937

CAN I GET A LIST OF THE MAJOR PRICES/COSTS IN 1937 -

  • FOR EXAMPLES - THE COST OF THE AVERAGE HOME
  • THE COST OF A GALLON OF GAS
  • THE COST OF A LOAF OF BREAD
  • THE COST OF A GALLON OF MILK

64.61.41.82 13:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean the costs in the US? | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 13:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

(http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/compare/) provides a calculator to compare the relative value of a US Dollar from 1790 up to 2005 (it allows for different costs). This site (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost) will show you the consumer-price-index for a basket of goods from various years in history (seems to only go back to 1980 though). Your best bet is to search around google for historic Consumer-prince-index costs. ny156uk 13:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm assuming, from your IP address, that you're in the United States. Here's gasoline: [1]. $0.20 per gallon in 1937 dollars, equivalent to $2.71 in 2005 dollars. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • This page ([2]) gives Depression-era prices for bread ($0.09 – nine cents – per loaf) and milk ($0.14 per quart, which is $0.56 per gallon), but doesn't specify its source. There are a number of books listed at the end of the article, however. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:35, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] light pollution project

I'm doing a science fair project on light pollution. I don't have time too much time to leave my house, so I will be doing it at home. How should I do a project based on the information on the internet? I feel as though the 'earth at night' maps are too unusable and somewhat unreliable. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Light pollution looks like a decent article and it has quite a lot of external links. Skarioffszky 17:40, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Great, but what should I do?

Dunno, I never did a science fair project. Maybe reading it will give you inspiration? Skarioffszky 18:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Maybe look at a comparison between streetlights of the old design and the newer full-cutoff lights; that should be nice and visual. Check out the International Dark-Sky Association's website for a starting point. Tony Fox (arf!) 23:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't see you getting very good marks for a science fair project which you don't plan to spend much time on, especially if you aren't willing to leave your house. Repeating info from websites might be a good part of a project, but some original research is needed if you expect to get a good grade. I suggest you get a light meter and go around town and measure the light level at various places at night, then make a color-coded chart using this info. You can also snap some pics of obvious sources of light pollution in your area, like parking lots. StuRat 03:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

<pun>Find a device that monitors Light Current and publish your results.</pun> V-Man737 04:30, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cat- Back Exhaust

Is it possible to put a cat- back exhaust pipe in any car?